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Parsonocracy in Prussia
Written: in mid-May 1844;
First published: in The Northern Star No. 341, May 25, 1844, with an editorial note: âFrom our own Correspondentâ
The parsonocracy of this country, enjoying the peculiar protection and favour of the present government, assume every day a more haughty position. It has, for instance, lately occurred in Berlin, that one parson after the other refused to perform marriage ceremonies on a Saturday, alleging as his reason for this refusal, that the parties would in all probability not rise on Sunday morning in a fit state of mind for the celebration of the Lordâs day, if they were married on the previous day! Of course the Berliners, who care very little about a due celebration of the Sunday, and on the contrary make it the merriest day of the week, are crying out that the governing party was going to introduce among them âthe English Sundayâ, than which they know nothing more formidable. Indeed, the English Sunday is most repugnant to the feelings and habits of all continental nations.